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Wafa Khalifah Alaqeel

Supervisor

Ministry of Education

The researcher has a Master’s degree in Gifted Students Education from Arabian Gulf University and has worked as a computer science teacher for 14 years. During her journey, she has worked with children from ages 10 to 18 in various capacities inside and outside the school. She developed a project-based learning kit with the Saudi Arabian National Center for Educational Career Development. Furthermore, she developed an assessment rubric and guide for student projects, participated as a judge in various national science competitions, and published multiple papers in conferences and forums across the Middle East. This topic is dear to the researcher as she hopes to improve the appetite for learning advanced computer topics for girls in Saudi Arabia and all over the world. She hopes the research will open the eyes of the Saudi community to this issue and help her gather the support needed to give girls a chance to explore this binary world and excel at it.

SPEAKER SESSIONS

26 May, 2025 | 11:30 to 11:50
How to encourage girls in Saudi Arabia to code and unleash unlimited opportunities

Due to the socio-economic importance of education and the desire of Saudi Arabia to provide excellent educational opportunities for its residents, Saudi Arabia made building the capabilities of intellectual youths a cornerstone of its Vision 2030. There is a lot to be achieved in this regard, and we, researchers and educators, must collaborate to guide these efforts towards successful outcomes. This paper will focus on one aspect that relates to Saudi girl; we will study how we can help girls utilize their unique analytical skillsets and get them to enjoy advanced computer topics. The following study will explore the current situation in Saudi Arabia, discuss the related problems, present the current leading efforts to solve the problem in Saudi Arabia and abroad, and suggest an action plan on how we can reduce the reluctance of girls to be coders.